Chapter 3

"Alice meets Peter"

Peter waited until nightfall until he saw Alice's parents leave for a party in the center of London. Reacting quickly, he flew into Alice's bedroom and scanned it for any sign of his shadow. After a moment, he came across a large doghouse that was meant for Alice's cat, Dinah.

"Over there Tink," he whispered to Tinker Bell while flying in. "In this den, is it there?"

Tinker Bell flew in for a closer inspection but then she came back out, nodding her head meaning that the shadow was nowhere to be seen at all.

"Must be here somewhere," said Peter to himself and then he came across Alice's toy chest and flew over to take a look, only to have his search interrupted when a musical sound came out from behind.

"Tink, shhh!" he shushed to Tinker Bell, who had inexplicitly opened one of Alice's music boxes. "Stop playing and help me find my shadow!"

Peter continued his search while Tinker Bell once again came across her reflection in one of Alice's hand mirrors. Knowing that she was still the same as before, she decided not to look at herself and instead heard what appeared to be a rattling sound coming from Alice's dresser drawer. Flying over to the sound, she beckoned Peter over to help her inspect. Once Peter realized that it was indeed his shadow, he opened the drawer and the shadow came out, while Tinker Bell was thrown into the drawer.

"This cannot be happening to me," she thought as Peter began to chase the shadow around the bedroom. After a moment, Peter got the upper hand and tackled his shadow to the ground, but not before waking Alice up and leaving her startled at who was there.

"Who are you?!" she cried, rising to her feet fearing that Peter was an intruder. "The jewels are in my mother's bedroom and…"

"Easy! Easy!" retorted Peter, cowering from Alice's wrath. "The last girl didn't go on me like that, you know."

But just then, Alice realized who this intruder really was and let down her guard, apologizing for what she was doing.

"Peter Pan, is it really you?" she gasped, helping him to his feet.

"Yes, well, it's me," he replied sheepishly, surprised that Alice knew of his existence. "You must have heard my stories from somewhere."

"My good friend, Wendy Darling, has told me so much about you," Alice said.

Peter then froze for a moment knowing that this girl had the same amount of spirit that Wendy had. In fact, he could tell that he was starting to develop feelings for her, although he was trying to deny it.

"What's the matter?" she asked when Peter turned away. "Did I upset you in anyway?"

"No, its just that Wendy and I…."

Peter was dumbstruck for a moment, thinking of what he was going to say to this good friend of Wendy's. The memories of his time with her and her brothers were still fresh in his mind.

"I'm pretty sure that she still remembers you, Peter," replied Alice, taking Peter by the hand. "Right now, we need to sew that shadow back on."

Alice then walked over to the drawer where Tinker Bell was and pulled out a sewing needle and some thread, jerking and throwing Tinker Bell back against the wall of the drawer. This made the pixie red with fury, upon realizing that her master was falling in love with another girl.

"Well, get on with it girl," said Peter, sitting down at the edge of Alice's bed.

"It's not polite to just call me girl, you know," reminded Alice, who then started to sew the shadow to Peter's foot. "My name is Alice, Alice Mary Elizabeth Victoria Liddell."

"Alice is enough," he replied, blowing into his set of gold pipes. "Trust me, the other girl did the same thing."

"You mean my friend Wendy?" remarked Alice, still sewing the shadow to Peter. "She sure has told me all the stories. It's making me curious just thinking about it."

Alice could very well remember the trouble that she had gotten herself into while she was in Wonderland and it was all because of her curiosity.

"Makes you curious?" remarked Peter, blowing into his pipes. "The lost boys sure are curious about the outside world too, you know."

"The lost boys…," wondered Alice, thinking for a moment. "Oh, I remember. They're your men."

Alice soon finished with sewing Peter's shadow and the young eternal boy took off to test out whether his shadow stuck together.

"They are," said Peter, looking at himself in the mirror. "But, they almost were adopted by Wendy's family, you know. But, I'm glad that they weren't. It gets very lonely in Neverland without them sometimes."

Alice then began to feel slightly forlorn as the thought of being lonely from her imagination was starting to get to her. She could remember that soon, she would have to give up being a child and start to grow up.

"Well, there may be times where I am going to be lonely too, you know," sighed Alice. "Because this is my last night in the nursery."

This made Peter stop in his tracks and turn back to Alice, his face filled with shock and knowing that his legend would now rest in Alice, he had to do something about it.

"No!" he called. "I'm not going to let that happen. Come on!"

Peter then grabbed hold of Alice's arm and tried to pull her away to the window. But, Alice was hestitant about it.

"Where are we going?" she demanded, shocked of how rude Peter was pulling her.

"I'm taking you to Neverland," replied Peter excitedly. "You will never grow up there."

Alice suddenly began to get very excited by this and although she was hesitant about it, she decided to go but not before having some of that hesitation.

"Wait!" she cried. "What will my parents say?"

"Parents?" wondered Peter. "What are parents?"

"My mother and father," she replied. "If they see me gone, then they'll…"

Alice was silent for a moment, but then realized of how her parents were being forceful of her and that she had to tell them how she really felt. Reacting quickly, Alice grabbed a piece of paper and began to write down a letter to her parents.

"What could she be writing?" wondered Peter and after a moment, she left the note on her bed and turned her attention back to Peter.

"I'm ready," Alice said and grabbing Tinker Bell, Peter poured Tinker Bell's pixie dust on Alice and it caused her to rise up into the air. Alice couldn't believe it that now she was actually flying and soon, Peter pulled Alice from her room and into the skies over London with her cat watching from below. After a moment, Peter and Alice soon were heading towards the second star to the right.

"There it is, Alice," called Peter. "Second star to the right and go straight on 'til morning."

Soon, they went through the star and into the atmosphere surrounding Neverland.

Alice's adventures in Neverland would so begin…